SATURDAY

McNeese Football Adds Two Transfers

TreVonte Citizen is coming home. The 4-star back out of LCCP made the announcement on Thursday.

Citizen transfers to McNeese with four years of eligibility remaining, after a serious knee injury forced him to miss each of the past two seasons at Miami. Tre worked hard to rehab the knee and was cleared to play in November and he suited up for the final two ball games. Citizen participated in spring drills and appears to be nearing his old self.

Citizen was the eighth-ranked running back in the Class of 2022, the 11th-ranked overall recruit in the State of Louisiana, and the 133rd-ranked recruit in the nation overall out of high school.

Shoes Brinkley is a 5’9 180 cornerback who has milked the system much like many recent athletes searching for fame and fortune. “Shoes” was an all-state player in Philidelphia back in 2020. He transferred to national power Mater Dei of Santa Anna, California. He made several all-star teams and was recruited by 21 football programs. However, that was not good enough, so he reclassified to 2022 and played at a prep school in South Carolina. The offers were not as strong as the previous cycle, so he signed with Delaware. He left UD for Myrtle Beach SC College. Brinkley did run track at the prep school and put up some good times.

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MCNEESE ANNOUNCES NEW WEIGHT ROOM ADDITION

The McNeese weight room and nutrition center will get a facelift this summer and fall. The new weight room, which will include all brand-new equipment, will have an increase of free-weight racks from 16 to 20 to allow more usage and maximize training.
 
There will be a 30-yard indoor turf sprint and speed development section that will also include a plyometrics wall for core strength and rotational development as well as cardio equipment such as treadmills and exercise bikes.
 
The dumbbell workout station, which will be named the Iron Pokes Dumbbell Pit, will double in size and functionality. There will be an addition of eight, three-way rowing machines as well as eight glute/ham machines.

A new Poke Fuel Nutrition Area will be constructed as a grab-and-go style station providing protein shakes, pre- and post-workout snacks and pre-competition fueling.
 
A state-of-the-art sound system with acoustic ceiling panels will be installed as well as a 9-foot by 18-foot LED video wall for workout programming and entertainment for recruiting visits and game days.
 
Also included will be renovations to offices for the sports performance staff and an addition of a Sports Performance Head Coach office to maximize meeting space for athletes on performance needs while ample space to allow coaches for more programming and facilitating workouts.